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1012173

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the definition of a "durable relationship, duly attested" for the purposes of article 10(4) of the draft agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL11700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>A “durable relationship, duly attested” for the purposes of Article 10(4) of the draft Withdrawal Agreement reflects the provision made by Article 3(2)(b) of the Free Movement Directive (Directive 2004/38/EC). Its definition is reflected in that of “durable partner” in Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules for the EU Settlement Scheme, under which resident EU citizens and their family members will be able to obtain UK immigration status in line with the agreement.</p><p>This requires that the couple have lived together in a relationship akin to a marriage or civil partnership for at least two years (unless there is other significant evidence of the durable relationship), and that the applicant provides the requisite documentary evidence of this.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/12/2018 17:22:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1012174

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compliance with human rights legislation of the requirement in article 10(5) of the draft agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU for a host state to undertake "an extensive examination of the personal circumstances" of a person who has applied for residence.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL11701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The requirement in Article 10(5) of the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union to undertake “an extensive examination of the personal circumstances” applies to extended family members of EU citizens who have applied for residence in the UK. It is based on an identical requirement in Article 3(2) of the Free Movement Directive (2004/38/EC).</p><p>As this requirement is taken directly from existing EU law, we consider it to be compliant with the UK’s human rights obligations as set out in the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, which apply in all EU Member States.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/12/2018 17:49:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1014695

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Draft Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, published on 22 November, how "short-term visits" in relation to visa-free travel will be defined.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL11824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The mobility section of the Political Declaration on our Future Framework with the EU sets out our intention to provide for visa-free travel for short term visits.</p><p>The detail of how the mobility provisions will apply under the future relationship will be for further negotiation with the EU</p><p>Under current UK immigration rules, a visitor is a person who is coming to the UK, usually for up to six months, for a temporary purpose, for example as a tourist, to visit friends or family or to carry out a business activity. Visitors cannot work or study in the UK unless this is allowed by the permitted activities that are set out in the Visitor Rules.</p><p><br>We plan to publish a White Paper setting out the future border and immigration system later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/12/2018 17:28:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1015879

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, published on 14 November, when they aim to have application forms available for residency documents under Article 18; and when the deadline will be for submitting such applications.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL11873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>In line with Article 18 of the draft Withdrawal Agreement, the Home Office will introduce the EU Settlement Scheme which will provide a simple, streamlined process for resident EU citizens and their family members to obtain their new UK immigration status.</p><p>The EU Settlement Scheme is being implemented on a phased basis and will be fully open by 30 March 2019. Once the scheme is fully open, EU citizens and their family members will be able to apply online, via an app, or by post.</p><p>The deadline for applications will be 30 June 2021.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/12/2018 17:11:00 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

748024

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with police commissioners about the adequacy of available resources for those commissioners to fulfil their role and duties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have met with a number of senior police leaders since the General Election on a wide range of issues including resources.</p><p> </p><p>We have protected overall police spending and Counter-Terrorism policing in real terms since Spending Review 2015.Every Police &amp; Crime Commissioner who maximised their local precept income in 2016-17 and 2017-18 is receiving at least the same direct resource funding in cash than they received in 2015-16.</p><p>We have a constructive and ongoing dialogue with policing about ensuring that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place to keep t he public safe.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/07/2017 11:25:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

778747

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police Stations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police stations have closed since 2010 in each force area in England and Wales; how many additional stations were opened over that period; and of those, how many are only accessible to officers and civilian staff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL2656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Decisions on available resources, including the number of police stations, are a matter for the directly accountable Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable of each area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/11/2017 16:24:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

778748

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average response time to 101 non-emergency calls for each of the past five years, broken down by each police force in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL2657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The handling of 101 calls is an operational matter for the police. The Home Office does not collect this information.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/11/2017 16:46:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

778749

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police officers have received specialist training to investigate allegations of modern human slavery, broken down by each of the police forces in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL2658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on the number of police officers who have received specialist modern slavery training are not held centrally. Through the £8.5m grant the Government has provided to support the police modern slavery transformation programme, an accredited modern slavery training course has been developed for all frontline officers and staff. This is supplemented by a specialist investigators’ course for detectives. Both courses are being rolled out across England and Wales.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/11/2017 11:56:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

789912

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Criminal Investigation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of police investigations in England and Wales have been (1) closed, and (2) written off, within 24 hours of the crime being reported to the police, for the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL3296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes information on crime outcomes, including the proportion of crimes that are assigned each outcome and how long it took for these outcomes to be assigned.</p><p>Information on the proportion of outcomes assigned by outcome type can be found in Table 2.2 in the data tables published alongside Crime Outcomes in England and Wales, year ending March 2017, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>Information on how long it has taken for these outcomes to be assigned can be found in Table 5.2 in the same link. This table includes information in the proportion of outcomes that were assigned on the same day as the offence was recorded.</p><p>We expect the police to investigate all crimes, and investigations can be reopened at any point should new evidence come to light.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/11/2017 16:06:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table 2.2 - and Table 5.2 - Crime Outcomes in Eng and Wales - year ending March 2017.xlsx title Tables 2.2 and 5.2 - Crimes Outcomes Eng-Wales
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

789913

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Arrests
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many arrests by the police in England and Wales there were in (1) 2007–08, and (2) 2016–17.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL3297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of arrests for notifiable offences in England and Wales annually, as part of the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. These figures cover the financial year (ending 31 March).</p><p>The latest instalment, which was released on 26 October 2017, can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales</a> -</p><p>The data show that in the year ending 31 March 2008 the police made 1,475,266 arrests in England and Wales. In the year ending 31 March 2017 the police made 779,660 arrests in England and Wales. (see page 10 of the 'Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. in the section &quot;Trends in the number of arrests&quot; (see attached)</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name police-powers-procedures-mar17-hosb2017.pdf title Police and Powers and Procedures Eng/Wales Stats 2 file name Pg 10 - Trends in the Number of Arrests -.pdf title Page 10 - Trends in the Number of Arrests. question first answered 27/11/2017 12:13:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley